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Vaishnavi Patel

Biography

Vaishnavi Patel

Vaishnavi Patel is a law student focusing on constitutional law and civil rights. She likes to write at the intersection of Indian myth, feminism and anti-colonialism. Her short stories can be found in The Dark and 87 Bedford's Historical Fantasy Anthology, along with a forthcoming story in Helios Quarterly. Vaishnavi grew up in and around Chicago, and in her spare time she enjoys activities that are almost stereotypically Midwestern: knitting, ice skating, drinking hot chocolate and making hotdish.

Vaishnavi Patel

Books by Vaishnavi Patel

Kaikeyi
by Vaishnavi Patel - Fiction, Historical Fiction

The only daughter of the kingdom of Kekaya, Kaikeyi is raised on tales of the gods. Yet she watches as her father unceremoniously banishes her mother, and listens as her own worth is reduced to how great a marriage alliance she can secure. And when she calls upon the gods for help, they never seem to hear. Desperate for some measure of independence, she turns to the texts she once read with her mother and discovers a magic that is hers alone. With this power, Kaikeyi transforms herself from an overlooked princess into a warrior, diplomat and most favored queen. But as the evil from her childhood stories threatens the cosmic order, the path she has forged clashes with the destiny the gods have chosen for her family.